Gilberto Gil

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About Gilberto Gil

With a career that dates back to the early 1960s, Gilberto Gil is one of the major innovators of Brazilian pop. A founder of the Tropicalia movement, he has embraced a huge variety of influences, from traditional regional styles of the Brazilian Northeast to jazz, reggae, disco, rock, and African music. Romantic, political, and downright funky, Gil always has an eye on both the past and the future.

HOMETOWN
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
BORN
June 26, 1942
GENRE
MPB

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